Train order delivery device



Nqv. 7, 1950 R. A. MOTT J 2,529,096

TRAIN ORDER DELIVERY DEVICE Filed Dec. 7 1946 INV ENTOR Raymond 11 Matt Patented Nov. 7, 1950 u NITE o s TATES PATENT lC 2529,096

TRAiN ORDER DEni'vERY DEv'I'oE Raymond A. Mott, Mead, wash. Application December 7, 1946, 's'eiiaii m'iiigvs This invention relates tofa "train order delivery "device and it one object of the invention "to provide adevice which may be erected at a'railroad station in such position that as a train passes an engineer, conductor, or other member of a train crew may remove orders held by the device and thus obtain the. orders without stop- 4 Claims. (01. "258-213) ping the train. Therefore it'will not be necessary for a station agent to stand near the track and hold a hoop, having the orders attached to it, inj'p'osition to be grasped by a member of the train crew as the train 'pas'ses the station and likelihood of a station agent being killed or in? jure'd by standing too close to a train passing thestati on will be avoided.

Another objectof the invention is to provide fa device of thischaracter wherein the train ord'ers are supported from a pole mounted vertically at the'st'at'io'n in such proximity to the track that a member of the train crew may remove the orders without leaning from the train to such an "extent that he is liable to lose his balance and fall from the moving train. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a train order delivery device wherein the orders are carried by a loop formed of string which is 'detachabl'y engaged with clips carried by a frame 1 pivoted to arms projecting from a post, the string 'being' also engaged with a clip carried by a trigger-operati'ng bar so that when the train orders are grasped and pull exerted to remove them, pull exerted will cause triggers holding the framein an eirtended position will be moyedto a releasing position and the frame allowed swing from an ex d d P o co d he. t i ds P P s o parallel to the track where another set of orders .may be readily applied for delivery to another train. l

. Another object of the invention is to provide a train order delivery devicehaving a pole to which a number of order-carrying frames may jibe mounted, one above another, and thusallow more than one set of orders to be delivered and 15150 allow a set of orders to be applied to a retracted frame while orders are being removed from an extended frame. It will thus be seen that when o'rdersare to be delivered to trains closely following each other this may be done and without danger to a station agent or likelihood of the second set of orders not being positioned for "removal before the second train reaches the station.

. 2 in constructioj geafsyto operate, and not liable to become'broken'or inoperable when needed. I The in ention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings wherein: V V H Fig. 1 is aviewjin ent r; 1 s owing the train order delivering device in positi'on fo'r use,

Fig. 2 is a top plan vie'wof the train order Helivering device. V l I e k n Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view upon an enlarged scale taken along the line 3 -3 of Fig 3. a .2 p .7 ,1 Fig.4 i fa rn st re Y e o a ne d h s r d by ai se roit e dev ce.- r Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken along the line 50 re,

. Fig 6 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of Figure 1. V w w w 'lj'i'g. 7 is a fragmentary view showing a portion of the pole or standard inelevation. I

This improved train orderdelivery device has a standard [which is formedyof ametaltubenr .pipe and about which fits a sleeve 2 which is also formed of a metal tube 'or ,pipe of such diameter that it may be readily slid vertically along the standard from a lowered position to arai'sed position; The standard is of sufficient height to permit the sleeve tobe moved from a lowered position for application of train ordersto a raised position in which the train orders will be fheldat such-height that they may be easily :gr'asped and removed by an engineer or other member of the crew of a train. The lower end portion of the I standard or pole fits into 'a socket 3 irioiintedin concrete 4; which may bea portion of a station platform or a block embedded in ground at a station; and at one side the socket is formed with an extension 5 to receive a bar or key 6 welded to the standard and serving to prevent the stand ard from turning in the socket. When the de livery device is not in use the standard may be withdrawn from thesoc'ket. A latch '1 is pivfot'ed to the sleeve and is yieldably held in an operative position by a spring 8 which urges the bill or pin 9 of the latch through an opening formed in the sleeve. 'A Y-sha'pedslot l0 formed in the standard or post and when the sleeve is shifted upwardly the bill of the latch will engage in an arm of the slot and will then be guided into the lower portion of the slot where it will serve to hold the sleeve in its raised position. By applying pressure to the shank of the latch the bill thereof will be withdrawn and the sleeve may then slide downwardly along the post -to'a lowered position where order holders carried present illustration there have been provided three frames or train order holders but it will be understood that any number desired may be provided. The upper frame is carried by the upper bracket H and one of the intermediate brackets frames are pivotally mounted and the lower frame is pivotally mounted between the lower- I2 between which the intermediate? 4 extended arms 20 and 2| to a retracted position while the retracted arms are simultaneously swung to an extended position.

Each of the upper arms 20 and each of the lower arms 2| carries a clip 38 at its outer end,

and the upper link of each of the latch-actuating members 33 carries a clip 39. The clips 38 are of duplicate construction and each has an outer disc 40 secured to the end of the arm by a screw .4! and. an inner disk 42- which fits loosely about the arm and is urged toward the companion disc 40 by a helical spring 43 bearing against an abutment washer or disk 44 mounted about the arm.

1 By so forming the clips a looped string or cord intermediate bracket and the bracket 13 at the 7 lower end of the sleeve. If a single frame is used the intermediate brackets I 2 will be omitted and the frame supported between the brackets H and I3. Each intermediate bracket has an upper arm l5 corresponding to the lower bracket l3 and a'lower arm l6 corresponding'to the upper bracket 1 I; Therefore each frame or holder is pivotally mounted between ;an upper elongated bracket member or arm and a short lower bracket member, and the mounting for'the upper end of a frame may be referred to, aslan elongated bracket member and the mounting for the lower end of the framemaybe-re'ferred to as a short bracket member. ""Each frame or order holder I4 has a vertical post or bar I! formed at its ends with pinions which are 'rotatably engaged in openings formed through theb'rackets. Stub-arms or sleeves l8 and 19 project from-upper and lower ends of the posts or shafts and carry arms 20' and 21, and referring to Figure 2 it w:11 be seen that the stub arms or sleeves are arranged impairs, the stub arms or each pair extending at right angles to eachother. Therefore when one set of arms :20 and. 21 are'projecting'from the sleeve 2 towarda railroad track the other pair of arms will extend parallel to the track and when the first pair of arms are allowed to move to-a-re atracted position.parallel to;the track the second pair will at the same time move toan extended position. Swinging movement of the arms when the first pair move toward a retracted position islimited by engagement of the lower stub-arms with.abutment blocks 22 carried by the short side; of the stub-arm. A pin 25 extends vertimaybe trained about the clips 38 and gripped between their disks 40 and 42 and a train order 46 passed through a knotted portion 41 of the looped cord will be supported between the upper andlower arms. After the looped cord has been engaged with the clipsg38 it is extended toward and engaged with the clip 39. This clip is formed by the leaf'48'passes throughfan opening formed through the leaf 49. and carrie'sYa helicalspring .52 which bears against agwasher 53 carried .by

cally through the casing and within the. casing carries a disc 26 against which bears the upper end of a spring 27 which urges the pin upwardly so,;;that the upper end of the pin will engage through an opening 28 formed through the ear 29 of the elongated bracket memben An eye-30 is formed at the lower end 'of the pin 25 and through this eye is engaged the eye 3| at the up,- .per end of the upper link 32 of an actuating iiieniber 33 for the latch. This actuating men ,ber: has a lower link 34 which has its-lower end loosely engaged throughfan eye rising from the normally extending stub-arm l9 at the lower end of the post I! and meeting ends of the links areilo'osely connected with each other by the eyes 36.. When pull is exertedupon the upper link pin'25 will. be drawn downwardly out of the ep m ng 28 and a helical spring 3! coiled about the post I1 and anchored to the post and the lower stub-arm will turn the post and swing the the stem and urges the leaf or' jaw 49 towardthe leaf or jaw 48. A lip 54 'is formed at the free end of the jaw 49 so that the cordmay be Ieas; 'ily passed inwardly between and then gripped by the jaws and the spring 53 is of such strength that the cord will not be pulled out from between the jaws until the latchpin '25hasbeenv drawn downwardly to release thef upp er 'stubarm and.

allow the spring 31 to swing the frame or order holder from one position to another. '1

When this device is in use it set up at a station adjacent the railroad track and after the cord has been appl'ied to a train order the cord is'engaged With'the c1ips. 38 andf39 and the frame turned to a set position inwhich the arms carrying the cord project toward the'tra'cki'j' If two orders are to be delivered" the cord holding the second order is applied to the clips of the second set of arms and to the clip 55 project?- ing-from the post l! at right angles to clip39. The sleeve 2 is then 'slid upwardly uponth'e standard I and secured in the raisedposit-ion by the latch I. As a train passes the station a memberof the train crew reaches outfrom the engine or a car of the train and grasps the p r;- tion or the cord extending between the upper and lower arms and pull is exerted todetach the c'orid from the clips 38. This will also exert pull 'uponth upperlink '32 of the latch operating member 33 and the pin '25 will be pulled downwardly to release theframe and'allow the spring 31 to turn the frame 'as' the' cord' is"det a chec l from the clip 39 ntn turning of the frame" is stopped by the block 22. The second set of arms will then project toward the track and the message: held b the'jcord applied. to th'eir cups; "3B and the clip 55 on thepost will be'removed." 'By providing three frames ,each having two sets of armssix train orders may be applied readyior delivery to train crews. I After ameSsageor train order has been removed the latch may be moved to a releasing position and the sleeveab lowed to slide downwardly along the standard to a lowered position where other train orders may be applied. V

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a train order delivering device, a standard, a sleeve slldable vertically along the standard from a lowered position to a raised position, a latch for releasably holding the sleeve raised, upper and lower brackets projecting laterally from said sleeve, a post disposed verticall and rotatabl mounted between said brackets, upper and lower; arms projecting laterally from said post, clips at outer ends of said arms, a latch carried by the upper arm and having a casing and a pin slidable vertically through the casing and urged upwardly into position to engage through an opening in the upper bracket to releasably hold the arms in position to extend toward a railroad track, a spring about said post for returning the frame to its normal positioand retract the arms when the pin of the late is moved to a releasing position, a latch-releasing member consisting of links loosely connected with each other and extending between and connected with the latch and the lower arm, anda clip carried by a link of the latch-releasing member for engagement by a looped cord carrying a message and applied to the clips of the arms whereby pull upon the cord to detach it from the clips will exert pull upon the link and cause the latch pin to be shifted downwardly and the upper arm released and the frame swung to move the extended arms to a retracted position parallel to the track.

2. In a train order delivering device, a standard, a sleeve about said standard shiftable along the same to raised and lowered positions, upper and lower brackets projecting laterally from said sleeve, a frame having a vertical post rotatably mounted between said brackets, upper and lower arms projecting from said post and having swinging movement from a, retracted position to an extended position by turning of the post, a latch carried by one arm and yieldably held in position for engagement with the adjacent bracket for releasably holding the frame in a set position with the arms extended, a spring for returning the frame to its normal position with the arms retracted when the latch is moved to a releasing position, clips at outer ends of said arms, yieldable actuating member extending vertically between the arms and having one end connected with the latch, a clip carried by said actuating member, and a, message holder detachably engaged with the clips of the arms and the clip of the actuating member and thereb held in position to be grasped and pull exerted to first detach it from the clips of the arms and then exert pull upon the actuating member to move the latch to a, releasing position and then detach the message holder from the clip of the actuating member.

3. In a train order delivering device, a standard and, upper and lower brackets projecting laterall from said standard, a frame having a vertical post rotatably mounted between said brackets, upper and lower arms projecting from said post and movable from a retracted position to an extended position by turning of the post, a latch for releasably holding the frame in a set position with the arms extended toward a railroad track, a yieldable actuating member extending between inner ends of the arms and connected with the latch for moving the latch to a releasing position, clips carried by outer end portions of said arms for engaging a message holder and holdin a portion thereof in position between outer ends of the arms, and a clip carried by the actuating member for engagement with a portion of the message holder extended towards the post whereby pull upon the message holder will first detach it from the clips of the arms and then exert pull upon the clip of the actuating member to detach the message holder therefrom and simultaneously actuate the actuating member to move the latch to the releasing position for permitting movement of the frame to retract the arms.

4. In a train order delivering device, a vertical support, brackets projecting from the support, a frame having a vertical post rotatably mounted between the brackets and upper and lower arms projecting from the post, clips carried by the arms for supporting a message holder between the arms, a latch for releasabl holding the frame in a set position with the arms extending toward a, railroad track, a spring for turning the post and swinging the arms to a retracted position when the latch is in a releasing position, an actuator for the latch, and a clip carried b the actuator for engagement with the message holder and consisting of leaves projecting laterally from the actuator, one leaf being fixed to the actuator and the other being pivoted thereto, a stem carried by the stationary leaf and passing through an openin in the pivoted leaf, and a spring about the stem urging the pivoted leaf toward the stationary leaf.

RAYMOND A. MOTT.

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